过头 (過頭) guòtóu
guòtóu
verb
to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '過頭')
Contained in
- 杀人不过头点地(殺人不過頭點地) It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously / a fuss about nothing
- 睡过头(睡過頭) to oversleep
- 过头话(過頭話) exaggeration
- 聪明过头(聰明過頭) too clever by half; excessive ingenuity
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 108 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 90 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第十九回 Chapter 19 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第六十一回 Chapter 61 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第二十回 Chapter 20 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 115 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二十回 Chapter 20 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
Collocations
- 过头来 (過頭來) 回過頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七回 Chapter 7 — count: 21
- 回过头 (回過頭) 回過頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七回 Chapter 7 — count: 19
- 过头去 (過頭去) 行者故意的扭過頭去道 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第八十一回 Chapter 81 — count: 5
- 扭过头 (扭過頭) 行者故意的扭過頭去道 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第八十一回 Chapter 81 — count: 3
- 转过头 (轉過頭) 轉過頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十五回 Chapter 45 — count: 2
- 过头来看 (過頭來看) 僧官忙回過頭來看時 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 2
- 伸过头 (伸過頭) 伸過頭來 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第五十九回 Chapter 59 — count: 2